A Guru Comes

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A Guru Comes
Ein Guru kommt
Written by Rainer Erler
Directed by Rainer Erler
Starring
Theme music composerEugen Thomass
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
Production
ProducerHans G. Wernicke
EditorUlrike Pahl
Running time98 minutes
Original release
ReleaseDecember 8, 1980 (1980-12-08)

Ein Guru kommt is a 1980 German television film and is also Bruce Willis' second film role, as an uncredited extra. The film in English is called A Guru Comes.

Plot

A failed opera singer rises to the leader of a new religious community.

Satirical film about the new religious movements of the 1970s and 1980s.


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